New American Gospel

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New American Gospel
Lamb of God New American Gospel album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2000 (2000-09-26) [1]
RecordedApril 15–22, 2000 [1]
StudioAustin Enterprises, Clinton, Massachusetts
Genre
Length41:34
Label Prosthetic
Producer
Lamb of God chronology
New American Gospel
(2000)
As the Palaces Burn
(2003)
Lamb of God overall chronology
Burn the Priest
(1999)
New American Gospel
(2000)
As the Palaces Burn
(2003)

New American Gospel is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Lamb of God, as well as their first album under that name (they were originally known as Burn the Priest). It was released in 2000 through Prosthetic Records. New American Gospel is also the first release with Willie Adler on guitar, who replaced Abe Spear. [5] [6]

Contents

Metal Blade Records reissued a remastered version of New American Gospel in 2006 with four bonus tracks. [7] The remastered version contains a note on the inlay that explains that the sound of the album is less polished than their newer work, in part due to time constraints as well as heavy drinking. It has sold over 100,000 copies in the United States. [8]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [9]
Exclaim! favorable [10]
NME 8/10 [11]

Revolver magazine called New American Gospel one of the "69 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time". [12] NME said the album "harks back to the days when Slayer ruled the kingdom of metal with speedy riffs and nihilism", and described the sound as "ferocious". [11] CMJ described New American Gospel as "grindcore and death metal for the hardcore kids". [4] Exclaim! compared New American Gospel to bands such as Pantera and Meshuggah, noted its "truly killer snare drum sound", and described the album in general as "a thoroughly satisfying listen and an innovative, real, heavy and scary metal album". [10]

In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 2000 by Metal Hammer magazine. [13]

Track listing

All music is composed by Lamb of God

No.TitleLength
1."Black Label"4:52
2."A Warning"2:23
3."In the Absence of the Sacred"4:37
4."Letter to the Unborn"2:56
5."The Black Dahlia"3:20
6."Terror and Hubris in the House of Frank Pollard" (featuring Steve Austin; lyrics: Austin, Blythe)5:37
7."The Subtle Arts of Murder and Persuasion"4:10
8."Pariah"4:24
9."Confessional" (lyrics: Mark Morton, Blythe)4:01
10."O.D.H.G.A.B.F.E."5:14
Total length:41:34
Japanese release bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Nippon"3:55
Total length:45:29
2006 remastered re-release bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."New Willenium" ("The Black Dahlia" demo version)3:06
13."Half-Lid" ("A Warning" demo version)2:28
14."Flux" ("Pariah" demo version)4:24
Total length:55:27

Personnel

Credits taken from Lamb of God's official website. [14]

Lamb of God

Additional personnel

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